Fried amaranth should be blanched, amaranth even has a lot of benefits, but it contains oxalic acid, oxalic acid this element we should avoid eating, because the human body after the intake of oxalic acid, oxalic acid will be formed in the body of calcium oxalate stones, which can prevent our body to the absorption of calcium, but oxalic acid can be removed by dissolving in water, so we can not eat amaranth the most can not be ignored step is to blanch.
Amaranth, also known as green fragrant amaranth, red amaranth, red cabbage, rice amaranth, etc., for the Amaranthaceae to young stems and leaves for food annual herbaceous plants, native to China, the Yangtze River Basin is widely cultivated, because of its resistance, easy to grow, like heat, drought, moisture, and fewer pests and diseases, it is the public's favorite one of the main green leafy vegetables in summer.
Amaranth is a kind of high nutritional value of vegetables, especially contains more iron, calcium and other minerals, while containing more carotene and vitamin C, folk "June amaranth, when the eggs; July amaranth, gold" said.